In this article, the author discusses how many art educators today are expected to make something from nothing and to exist on a bare-bones budget. Innovative art teachers can turn such a limitation into opportunities to explore the world of throwaway materials--materials that can be recycled into rewarding art experiences. Besides using recycled…

Trees burst with color in the northern states. Autumn leaves dust the ground. Painting the fall landscape is nothing new. Teachers have been doing it in classrooms for decades. The approach, however, can make the difference between whether the fall landscape is simply painting for fun, or a real learning experience. Students learn best when they…

Describes how paper masks can be used for drama, art projects, or everyday curriculum as imaginative, confidence-building learning tools. Presents step-by-step masking-making instructions with illustrations. (BD)

Junior high school students were given the opportunity to see and use materials from their own environment in a new perspective while creating the collage, the assemblage, and the construction. (Author/RK)

Article provided a subtle means for science and art teachers to make tree identification fun for students, as well as to tune them into the esthetics of nature. (Author/RK)

Article described how an art teacher interested students in utilizing antique glass insulators into a macrame unit. (RK)

Seventh and eighth graders created wire and papier-mache sculptures of athletes in motion after studying the human form. (Author/RK)

At West Hempstead High School on Long Island, New York, sculpture students used food materials in place of traditional art materials to create their own unique sculptures. (Author)

Article discussed how a group of sixth graders went about making toys starting with an awareness of the way children made toys many years ago. (RK)

Included in this report are four short papers on television techniques which are used to produce images on a television screen. They are designed to enhance the use of television as an art form. (RH)

Describes a printmaking project that has potential, not only as a design activity and for student experience with printing techniques, but also as an image-builder for the program of art education in any school. In this instance students at Woodstown High School, New Jersey, printed a calendar, but other themes may be selected depending on the…

Fibers and fabrics provide the raw materials for a great variety of art activities that are adaptable to practically all grade levels. Here are some stitchery projects for the art teacher with a limited budget for supplies. (Author/RK)